Movements of the Heart

Posted on October 23, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

The two of us at the Royal Hawaiian Band concert last Friday at the Iolani Palace grounds.

Good Morning, God

It all started when a dear friend told me that a minister we know emailed that the millennials see Yoga as their “church”. And her daughter — a civil engineer and yoga fan — agreed! It got me thinking!!! What if we could make church more like yoga?

Mind you, God, I have dropped out of yoga after several classes. So, it is not as if I know much. Aha, but, thus I am all the more free to imagine.

Movements! When I think of yoga I think of Movements! Movements to better align us. Movements to improve the flow of blood and qi through us. Hmm . . . what might be something similar that the church could offer? First thought was the hand motions that go with many of the hymns for kids.

But, then it came to me — we have Movements of the Heart — to offer. Or, more to the point, I want to root around and ponder WHAT are the various movements of the Heart that might benefit me? My wonderful husband Kit and I are in the Penultimate Stage of Life.

The penultimate stage is one in which we are still able to welcome Hope — and have the energy to consider making Choices. The Last Stage seems to me to be pretty much out of our control except, I hope, the most basic choices to choose TRUST and to CHOOSE LOVE.

Still, the first movement of the heart — OPENING — came to me as a bit of a surprise. We have a new minister and have been gently urged to wear name tags. Sigh. . . .but You gave me a Nudge and so I prepared name tags. Along with wearing the name tag I experienced a strong desire to “know” people’s names. And not just their names — but to know Them. It was only afterwards that I was able to see how “closed” to the people around me that my heart had been before.

Having experienced an Opening of my Heart I realized how happy it made me — joyful even! And my heart seems to have stayed more open to You, too. It definitely realigned something inside me! So now I am praying — asking for Your Help — about what might the NEXT Movement of the Heart be.